There are the old guard. The establishment. They used to be called "Rockefeller Republicans." And they crap themselves every time a candidate supported by the TEA Party is successful.

Those scared of Sarah Palin? Got them covered, too. Can't let her take charge of things, can we?

What about those moderates that try to balance conservative principals with cooperating with liberals? Everyone knows that compromise is the way to go. As long as by "compromise with" we mean "give in to" liberals.

What do you think? Do we have enough of a big tent crowd? We have those scared of Palin and the TEA Party, moderates, Ron Paul supporters, Obama voters, the Charles Johnson crowd...

Let's try this group out and see how it does. Tory? Go run an election with this crowd?

OOF!

OUCH!

Tory's election day performance with a Republican Party that compromised true conservative beliefs and included nutcases from all over the spectrum ... didn't go so well.

Well, there's your problem!

This Republican Party we put together doesn't stand true to conservative principals. Instead, it's a large group of a bunch of small groups.

Since they don't share the same principals, they are always fighting each other.

This Republican Party looks like Democrats Lite. That's why the GOP lost the White House in 2008. Sure, the Republican candidate had some good qualities, is a war hero, and is an honorable man and a fine American. But he isn't true to the conservative principals of Goldwater or Reagan. And he got his clock cleaned.

Jamie and I have been exposed to this Big Tent Republican Party for too long. We need to scrub ourselves clean.

While Adam and Jamie remove the stench of moderates, we'll leave you with this reminder: conservatives will be attacked by Democrats, and by some Republicans. And, you won't win every battle. But, you'll come out stronger for it.